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I wish I could like this post.
What I read is that the press says: "I mention that director Sam Mendes has said he wants Moneypenny to kick a heck of a lot more butt in the next 007 outing. Her face drains. ‘More training for me,’ she sighs, in mock horror."
Not exactly a confirmation, just a rumour put in the press mouth and a correct answer from the actress...
Terrible if true. Maybe another director would have been better after all.
I mean, I'm not diving into guarantees or anything, but if Harris herself stated that she's going to be starting training soon for a film that doesn't start for almost a full year, what other reason would there be other than action sequences?
Apparently not.
I thought her actions ended up having her contemplating not returning to the field, and then deciding to just work as M's secretary. What's the reason for her returning now?
One year until the filming, come on! 8-}
You can all get up in arms about MP doing more than she did (action wise) in Skyfall, but how about you reserve your judgements until you see some actual footage? All may not be as it seems, as MP's larger role in regards to action in Bond 24 contradicts her entire character's development, something that someone as sharp as Mendes is quite aware of. And if we're worried about her character being unfaithfully presented, then other films in the series that screw with who Bond is would be set up for a good burning too, eh? Anyway, let's not get too worried just yet.
I feel this topic deserves it's own Discussion, so I've created one.
http://mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/8489/the-craig-re-make-the-definitive-discussion
Craig has been a Bond remake, not just an interpretation. Moneypenny is stuck at a desk no more.
@JWESTBROOK, I posted in your new topic, it's a good idea to take the discussion there. Like I said, I'm not crazy about the idea, but I won't hate it, either. I enjoyed Eve being in the field in SF, then seeing MP behind the desk at the end of the film, so I wonder how she'll end up fighting alongside Craig again. No matter what I like or don't like, I'm always itching for another Bond movie, and Mendes impressed me enough with SF, so I'm curious to see what he does next. Was the film perfect? Absolutely not, I have quite a few things I'd like to alter about it, but he still did quite the job.
To get back on the topic in the title..
Duran Duran is on the 'One Sony' artist short list on Page 65 of this thread, and having performed a Bond theme before and recently getting back together, that puts them 2 for 2 alongside Adele, Alicia Keys, and Celine Dion in the Bond 24 title song race.
Perhaps the tie-breaker will be this amazing tribute:
(via @Coldfinger)
I really hope not. I'm sick of all the personal stuff. Leave the MI6 staff out of it.
Anyway, I think some of you are over exciting yourselves with this MP business. Mendes isn't going to rehash what we hid in SF, he's going to move things forward and besides, it's not as though MP had that much screen time let alone being out in the field in SF anyway but we'll see I suppose.
That said, I would prefer Moneypenny to remain at her desk. If someone from MI6 should travel to the field to assist Bond, I think it should be Q. Since he seems to think so little about field work, it would make for some interesting scenes.
...and the fact that he's afraid of flying. I don't mind if MP, M and Q relocate temporarily like in YOLT and Moonraker for example, this is fine, but I don't want any of them active in the field. It was fun seeing Q in the field in LTK but I don't want it to continue like this. Although a short scene with Q in the field might be amusing but not for too long. Wishaw and Fiennes play their respective parts really well but I'm not as crazy about Harris. Even if she did put on as good a performance as the other two though, I still wouldn't want her working as a field agent. She's a secretary. Always has been, always should be.
How much time do you think passed between the ending of CR and the beginning of QOS? One or two days? Bond was talking to M who was in her London office at the end of CR. He then went to White's house and shot him. QOS began with Bond driving Mr White to Sienna, Italy where M was waiting for him. Do you think that M arrived in Italy before Bond got to White's house at the end of CR or do you reckon she travelled there after Bond had shot Mr White? If Bond informed M of his plans before he went to White's house, maybe that's when he received his new Aston Martin. Maybe that's how he got to White's house.
http://screenmusings.org/CasinoRoyale/images/Casino-Royale-1555.jpg
The Eco Park invitation is dated 23rd of August '08.
http://screenmusings.org/QuantumOfSolace/images/QoS_1165.jpg
Judging by how many days have passed up to this point in QOS, its PTS is approximately the 19th of August, making the gap 2 years and two weeks. IMO White's capture takes place in August of '06 (finding White two weeks later) and the '08' on the Eco Park invite is just there to keep the film up-to-date.
Why does it have to be assumed that White is captured only days after CR? Perhaps he had some encrypted number that took ages to trace (remember MI6 have a vacancy for a Q at this point - there's only that annoying little Welsh bloke from QOS temporarily filling the role)? Perhaps, due to the quality of his bodyguards, it took a lot of planning to abduct him in such a fashion? Perhaps MI6 had to wait until the new financial year to justify giving Bond another Aston?
There is nothing to indicate one way or other that Bond shooting White in the leg takes place days after his conversation with M or months or years after.
The only indicators are the dates stated above to which you have to conclude it takes place closer to the events of QOS.
I never said Q should have. I'm saying sometimes circumstances would justify a trip abroad to equip Bond, like in TB and YOLT. Not that I'm a fan of the latter, but his presence was I thought done properly.